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Breakfast Briefing with Gareth Rhys Williams, Government Chief Commercial Officer, Non-Executive Director, Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

Author WIG Date 4 May 2022

A recording and slide deck for the WIG Breakfast Briefing with Gareth Rhys Williams, Government Chief Commercial Officer, Non-Executive Director, Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

Theme(s)

Economic growth and prosperity

Pivotal in cross-sector collaboration are the commercial relationships the government has with the private sector. Reporting to the Chief Executive of the Civil Service, the Government Chief Commercial Officer shapes and leads the programme of commercial reform across government. As CCO Gareth Rhys Williams has a range of responsibilities in strengthening commercial capability throughout the civil service, improving the management of complex contracts and ensuring the government acts as a responsible, intelligent and experienced client.

Join us online for this special briefing to hear from Gareth to:

  • Understand the major policy areas and commercial focuses in the coming 12 months
  • Discuss where there is scope for further collaboration across broader public, private and not for profit sectors

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Gareth Rhys Williams was most recently Chief Executive Officer of PHS Group, a leading provider of outsourced workplace services in the UK. Gareth is an experienced CEO and Non Executive Director, with a consistent record of reinvigorating and reinventing listed and private equity backed companies through creative growth strategies. He has a strong record of driving transformational change in large, complex and federated organisations. Before joining PHS, Gareth was CEO of Charter International, the FTSE 250 engineering group, until its successful sale to Colfax Corporation in 2012. Prior to that, he was CEO of Capital Safety Group Ltd, since sold to KKR, and CEO of Vitec Group plc, the supplier of broadcast and photographic equipment and services.

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